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Unfortunately none of the c maxima older seeds made it here, which is a pity.  But thank you for the try Ruud. 

Ruud, you asked a little while ago about how any seed circle members got on with your the older seeds you sent. I ended up with quite a lot as I had a go with any that were left when other members had had the ones they wanted. So these are the ones which have successfully germinated for me.

Pepper - Explosive Ember
Tomato - Ince Kabuk
Bean - Blue Victor
Melon - Dino                                                                               
Squash - Butterkin, Muskaat, Jack-Be-Little, Gelber Englischer Custard, Strie Melange

I started all the seeds I had on damp kitchen paper in a plastic box in a warm place, and inspected them everyday to see what had germinated. The squash were the ones with the greatest success, the last two being pattypan type, but any seed springing into life is a happy thing!

Thank you for sending these and for caring enough to want to save them.

not used but just been recommended this one which seams good https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/seedstosuit.co.uk

Sorry for the silence guys been a mad few months as company i was working for went bust owing me 6 months pay and i have been dealing with that and job hunting..

Anyway greenhouse is packed with tomatoes, aubergines, peppers. I have my spare courgette in there as the 2 i planted in the garden are not doing as well suspect its because ones planted with the peas and one with the beans and there a but hungry. I also have a chunk of kitchen ginger planted up in the hope it grows at it had a little shoot on. Probably about 2 weeks away from first tomatoes.

Hi All,

I have let life get on top of me in the last few months and i am trying to make sense of things. Decided to use AI a little like i would when asked Husband questions or to help organise the information in my head. I have 2 main AI projects on the go (they will link eventually).

1. Used app called pantry check to do a complete inventory of the food in the house as i needed to purge things that i would not eat anymore and things that were his that i had not donated. I have a working list of things were eating and things we used to eat that i have just not been cooking (lack of energy and motivation after last big MS relapse). And Ai (copilot) is meal planning for me rotating stock and i am using this to try and remember to eat and eat a little more balanced meal. Doing this week by week however i will move to monthly plans eventually.
2. I have catalogued what i have planted where in my 4 big planters and in the greenhouse and i have asked Ai (Copilot) to do a rotation plan for me based on what i have found worked and whats not worked and the crops i want. What its actually generated i more like a little gardening book i am putting into onenote as a working manual i can run with.

Eventually once i have 2 working better this will feed into 1 :) which will give me a reset that i can work with. I am nervous about using Ai so i am being very careful about what i am sharing but i think this is safe enough. My planters are starting to fall apart and i am trying to decide if i am justified in replacing them or not bothering to grow any more.

Has anyone else used Ai in this way??

Do you have a rotation plan written down to follow or do you wing it?

Sending you all hugs

Cam

The peas and beans are fine and starting to pod up....

The peas and beans are fine and starting to pod up....

and me still here but life sometimes getting in the way..

Have a great holiday, Debs, and how lovely to have wrens in your shed successfully producing young. I hope there aren't too many cats around. I always worry about wrens as they fly so low. Fingers crossed.

You could probably get your Viola Cornetti planted straight out into the ground as an alternative to potting on. In the next day or so, temperatures are on the up and there should be some rain too, so it could be the perfect time for them. They will have more light than in a sunny window but, whichever way you go, I hope you return to some healthy happy beans!

My peas (Blauschokker), have been out a few weeks and the tendrils are grabbing anything to climb upwards!
My CFB ( Viola Cornetti) are just beginning to break the surface and are in my south-facing potting shed, so I'll transplant them out of their loo rolls and into pots as I'm going on holiday next week
It's a busy time, trying to get everything organised before hols ... not helped by wrens who have built a nest inside my potting shed, which has at least 3 chicks inside - so I'm creeping around to avoid disturbing them 🫣